ODiN

Next ODiN Meeting

The next ODiN meeting will take place on Tuesday 10 November 2009. It will begin at 1 pm (for a 1.30pm start) and is scheduled to finish at 4.30pm.

The meeting will be held at Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TZ, which is situated within easy walking distance of Moorgate and Old Street tube stations. There is a snack bar on the ground floor, for anyone who would like to have a bite to eat before the meeting.  Tea and coffee will be available during the meeting.

Directions to Cass's Moorgate campus can be found here.

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ODiN Review - 8 September 2009

Tony Page and Philip Goodwin - Storytelling, Leadership and Change

Note by Tony Page

Philip and Tony were returning to CASS Business School where two years previously they first told their story of leading a merger in Africa. On that occasion a publisher had approached them and as a result they brought to the ODiN session on the 8 September 2009 their book From hippos to gazelles: how leaders create leaders which has since sold 2000 copies to people spread across 40 different countries.

They have on several other occasions been invited to speak about their approach to storytelling as a result of which they evolved a proposition which they illustrated in the ODIN session:

1. As a leader if you don’t listen and understand the stories of those around you, then you are out of the story
2. But if you can find within you a (strongly felt) private story….
3. … and connect your private story with the public stories around you, this will have an awesome power to move and motivate people.

Organisations and People - Call for papers: "Writing Futures"

Some of you will have participated in the highly successful third annual collaborative writing workshop on "Writing Futures", held in Brighton in May.

Following this event, Alison Donaldson and Bob Mackenzie, with Vicky Cosstick’s valued support, have agreed to act as commissioning editors for a special pdf version of Organisations and People in November to develop that theme further.

Bob has attached an initial note on behalf of the editorial team, inviting you to let them know whether, in principle, you’d be interested in contributing to this issue.

OD Matters! - A 10th Anniversary celebration of ODiN and OD!

A few months ago, ODiN founder member, Naomi Stanford, suggested that some members might like to submit a brief article on OD, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the network.  

The attached document, entitled OD Matters!, is the result. It includes articles from 16 members of ODiN, both new and old*.

I hope you enjoy the essays - and perhaps add your own to this 'work in progress' (see the note at the foot of this post).

You can read more about OD Matters! and download your copy of the anniversary issue below.

* Editor's note: This refers to duration of membership, not age!

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ODiN Review - 14 July 2009

Dexter Moscow and Marc Paul - The MAGIC of Communication

In a packed '10th Anniversary' meeting of ODiN, communication expert Dexter Moscow and mind reader Marc Paul captivated members with a session that focused on "The Seven Magic Keys of Perfect Communications".  Around 40 members were present, which represents the largest attendance to date.

ODiN - The first 10 years

ODiN came into being on 10 June 1999, in a meeting held at BA's Waterside headquarters in Harmondsworth. 

A short overview of the last 10 years, with copies of some of the initial documents and a'full' schedule of meetings is attached. 

The ODiN Story - The first 10 years: Download here (PDF 325k)

Here's to the next ten!

Future ODiN Meetings

Details of the 10 November 2009 meeting are set out in the opening post of the site.

For your diaries, the subsequent programme of ODiN meetings is set out below.

Remember! ODiN meetings take place on the second Tuesday of each odd-numbered month.

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Details of the 10 November 2009 meeting are set out in the opening post of the site.

For your diaries, the subsequent programme of ODiN meetings is set out below.

Remember! ODiN meetings take place on the second Tuesday of each odd-numbered month.

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ODiN Review - 12 May 2009

Sharon Varney and Gemma Robertson-Smith - OD Practice in the UK

In a highly informative and engaging session, OD member Sharon Varney and Institute of Employment Studies (IES) Research Officer Gemma Robertson-Smith shared the findings of the up-to-the-minute research into current OD practice in the UK. This research was conducted on behalf of the Institute by Sharon, Valerie Garrow of the IES and Christine Lloyd of Cancer UK. Gemma provided much of the underpinning desk-based research for the report.

AMED Writers' Group Meeting - Friday 24 April 2009

The next meeting of the AMED Writers' Group (AWG) will take place in the Cadbury Room at the Penn Club, Bloomsbury on Friday 24 April.  The session will begin at 13:30 (bring your own lunch if you wish to, from 13:00) and finish around 16:30 hours. Directions to the Penn Club can be found here.

Any member of ODiN is welcome to attend - even if they've not been along before. So why not give it a try?

ODiN Review - 10 March 2009

Dr Naomi Stanford: Globalization - What does it mean for OD practitioners?

At the largest gathering of ODIN members to date, one of the founder members of the network, Naomi Stanford, led a discussion around the implications of globalisation for OD practitioners (whether their primary interest is in organisation design or organisation development).

"Writing Futures" - Informal workshop by the sea

The third annual collaborative writing workshop will be held on Thursday 21 May 2009, in the Friends' Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AF.  It will run from 10 am until 4.30 pm.

This informal workshop is open to all who write for personal, professional, creative or organisational development.

It will build on the lively conversations held at the "Striking Moments" and "Inspiring Writing" workshops in 2007 and 2008.

Convenors of the event are four ODiN members: Alison Donaldson, Amer Jabry, Paul Matthews and Vicky Cosstick. They say,

"We are keen to continue our inquiry into our experiences of using writing to breathe life into organisational learning and change."